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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“A broken person is a much more attractive leader to God, than one who doesn't know they are broken”

Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“Christianity teaches that, unlike stoicism, suffering is grievous, unlike monism, suffering is real; unlike karma, suffering is often unjust; unlike secularism, suffering can always be meaningful. Each view has truth, but over-emphasizes one truth and excludes the others”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“When looking for a spouse you should be looking at the person they are growing into as much as the person they are today”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Tolerance is not approving an opinion you do not hold. It's about treating the person—who's saying what you can powerfully disagree with—with respect, humility, and love”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Often what seem to be our deepest desires are just our loudest. You can't always trust your heart (Jer 17:9)”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“… ever really surrender your heart and your will in faith and trust and give the throne of your life over to him” Source: Love and the Practical Graces (Sermon) 2/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“It’s possible to give your talents to the service of God and not give your heart to God. It’s possible to do great deeds in the lives of other people and even miraculous gifts and not …” 1/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“If Jesus has a vision of our future glory and everything he does in our lives moves us towards that goal, what is our vision for others?”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Christianity is far more pessimistic (e.g. its doctrine of sin) and far more optimistic (e.g. its certainty of the new heavens and new earth) than secularism”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Jesus did not give up his deity when he came to earth, but the 'powers and prerogatives' of his deity. This is an important distinction often missed”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Pride is the carbon monoxide of sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Remaining sin makes believers worse than our right beliefs should make us; the image of God and common grace in non-believers makes them better than their wrong beliefs should make them”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“... If you don’t come to God through faith in what Christ has done, you would be approaching on the basis of your own goodness. This would, ironically, actually be more exclusive and unfair” 2/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Isn’t it much fairer if all good people (e.g. Ghandi) were saved, not just Christians? “The problem is that Christians do not believe anyone can be saved by being good ...” 1/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need—regardless of race class & religion—is your neighbor. Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith but everyone is your neighbor” Source: Generous Justice

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“The gospel doesn't compete with our deepest longings. It fulfills them” Source: The Stories We Live By

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“The Bible says Jesus suffered not that we might not suffer, but that when we suffer, trusting in his suffering, our suffering would make us like him” Source: Paul's Detour (Sermon)

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“When he confers citizenship on you, our King says, ‘You have right of access.’ The Lord of the universe is concerned about your problems. Come and pray. Come and appeal” Source: Politics of the Kingdom (Sermon)

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Habakkuk 3 is a great example of how to respond when God says something in his Word that you don't want to hear”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“In the non-West, what the Bible says about sex is welcome but what it says about forgiveness is offensive. In the West, it's the reverse. The Bible is able to critique every culture. It offers its own 'biblical critical theory'”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“To be holy means to be wholly his” Source: House of God, Part 4 (Sermon)

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“… Your anger is actually the way the idol keeps you in its service, in its chains. Therefore if you find that, despite all the efforts to forgive, your anger and bitterness cannot subside, you may need to look deeper and ask, 'What am I defending?’” 2/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an 'idol,' something you are actually worshiping. When such a thing is threatened, your anger is absolute …” 1/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the teaching of Jesus the ultimate condemnation from the mouth of God is 'depart from Me’ Why? Isaiah 59:2: sin excludes us from God's 'face' Psalm 16:11: in God’s ‘presence’ there is fullness of joy; at His ‘right hand’ are pleasures forevermore

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshiping an idealized version of yourself”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“… animals on Mount Sinai, the very presence of God that was lethal and forbidden to Adam, forbidden to Moses, forbidden to Abraham, forbidden to Jacob, comes down into you” Source: House of God, Part 2 (Sermon) 3/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“… place through whom you actually reach the very presence of God. It means if you receive him as Savior and he has paid for your sins, the very presence of God that was fatal to Moses, that he wanted so much, the very presence of God that was fatal to those …” 2/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“The minute Jesus dies on the cross, what happens? The veil that separates the Holy of Holies from the people is ripped not from bottom to top, but from top to bottom. What does this mean? He’s the temple. He is the …” 1/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When we say "I can't believe in a God who would ___", many times, in one way or another, ultimately we are saying we don't really want a God beyond our comprehension 2/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

An example of a God beyond our comprehension that many modern people refuse to believe in: many people say "I can't believe God could have reasons for allowing evil and suffering that I can't think of. If I can't think of any good reasons—there can't be any” 1/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“When we try and use guilt or pride to teach children goodness (‘you're better than that/do better’—appeal to pride, ‘you better not lie or else’—guilt), we are actually drawing them farther away”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“… Moses wasn’t allowed to have, the presence of God the people couldn’t dwell with in the temple and tabernacle, the presence of God Adam had in the garden of Eden, belongs to you” Source: House of God, Part 1 (Sermon) 3/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“… In the New Testament, the Bible says Jesus is the temple, and you’re a temple. Jesus has gone under the sword so that when you believe in him, when you’re built into him, the very presence of God that …” 2/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“For years, God dwelt in the tabernacle and the temple, but nobody could live there. Even if you just came in to visit, you had to bring in an animal and put it under the sword. There had to be payment for sin or you couldn’t even visit God …” 1/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“The idea of race based on skin pigment is a peculiarly modern phenomenon. But the Greeks and Romans held other tribes and cultures in contempt, they committed atrocities against them and said that some were worthy to be slaves (Aristotle). "Racism" broadly conceived isn't modern”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“… But it proves that, despite it all, he still loves you. Because he was thrown into that storm for you, you can be sure that there’s love at the heart of this storm for you” 3/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“… He died, receiving the punishment for sin we deserve, so we can be pardoned when we trust in him. When you see him doing that for you, it certainly does not answer all the questions you have about your suffering …” 2/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“The only storm that can really destroy—the storm of divine justice and judgment on sin and evil—will never come upon you. Jesus bowed his head into that ultimate storm, willingly, for you …” 1/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“If we live for anything else, it leads to slavery, but when we live for God and follow his will, we find that we are … realizing our original design [nature] … [So freedom] is not the absence of constraints but it is choosing the right constraints” Source: Making Sense of God

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Repentance without rejoicing will lead to despair”

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Whatever captures our attention eventually shapes our hearts” Source: The Stories We Live By

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“… like they’ll give us the things we need to thrive. We’ll have to take things into our own hands—we can’t trust him’” 3/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“… we assume he is not truly for us, that if we give him complete control we will be miserable. Adam and Eve did not say, ‘Let’s be evil. Let’s ruin our own lives and everyone else’s too!’ Rather they thought, ‘We just want to be happy. But his commands don’t look …” 2/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“If you want to understand your own behavior, you must understand that all sin against God is grounded in a refusal to believe that God is more dedicated to our good, and more aware of what that is, than we are. We distrust God because …” 1/3

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“… very disagreeable, but they are also very effective. But as you’re waking from your illusions, be at peace, because here’s what Jesus Christ offers to us if by faith we have him as our Savior” 2/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“It’s in death that God says, ‘If I’m not your security, then you’ve got no security, because I’m the only thing that can’t be taken away from you. I will hold you in my everlasting arms. Every other set of arms will fail you, but I will never fail you.’ Smelling salts are …” 1/2

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Lord, I worry because I forget your wisdom I resent because I forget your mercy I covet because I forget your beauty I sin because I forget your holiness I fear because I forget your sovereignty You always remember me Help me to remember you Amen

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“As Christ became completely liable for everything you’ve ever done, the moment you believe in Christ as Savior, you become completely liable to everything he has done” Source: Brought Near, Part 2 (Sermon)

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Tim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“… you think you can go right to God—and without needing Jesus. You say, ‘God, I’ve done a pretty good job. I’ve done this and I’ve done that. You owe me’” Source: Brought Near, Part 2 (Sermon) 2/2

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